Jules Verne Trophy – One, two, three, it’s the Forties
At the start of the eleventh day of racing, IDEC Sport has entered the Forties. On the way into the Southern Ocean, the big red and white trimaran got a taste during the night of the NW’ly winds...
View ArticleVendee Globe – Thomson charge slows
Alex Thomson’s charge on Hugo Boss has slowed but he is still sailing faster than Vendee Globe leader Armel Le Cléac’h on Banque Populaire VIII (pictured above)… For the rest of the story from Sail Web...
View ArticleUK Crew arrive for Aussie Flying 15 Championships
Former world champion Alan Bax and crew Simon Childs have arrived from the UK for the 55th Australian National Championships… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleRolex Sydney Hobart Race – UBOX claims third place overall on handicap
Charles Caudrelier and a mixed French and Chinese crew aboard the Cookson 50, UBOX, reached Hobart in Tasmania earlier today at the end of a storming race that saw them finish – provisionally – in...
View ArticleTales of woe in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Ichi Ban, a JV TP52 owned and skippered by Australian Sailing president Matt Allen, had been in a good position, leading on corrected time… For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleRolex Sydney Hobart Race – Images of Recent Finishers
There was a long gap of almost six hours between finishers after Beau Geste and Maserati crossed the line shortly after 10am this morning. Eventually a group of 50 and 60 footers followed Ludde...
View ArticleRolex Sydney Hobart Race – the second step for CQS and 2017
It was a frustrating end to a frustrating race for the newest supermaxi to compete in the 2016 Rolex Sydney to Hobart race. It was just her second ever race, with her first, the White Island Race in...
View ArticleA-Class: French Assoc new Website
AFCCA new web sent by its new President , Jean Darnaude, pictured above on a shot I took at Carnac. Jean is an avid A-Cat fanatic and tries to attend to every regatta. From my latest trips to Europe he...
View ArticleVendée Globe – Lighting the match
The big losses which leader Armel Le Cléac’h has suffered over recent days to the British skipper Alex Thomson have stabilised today but the French solo racer who has topped the solo round the world...
View ArticleRolex Sydney Hobart 2016 – The 60 Hour report card
The state of play 60 hours into the 72nd running of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. At 0100hrs Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time this morning, 16 boats had finished the 2016 race. Five boats...
View ArticleSydney-Hobart winner tapped for America’s Cup challenge in 2021
Rumours continue that Anthony Bell, celebrating winning the Sydney-Hobart, is about to make an announcement on a challenge for the America’s Cup in 2021 For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK...
View ArticleThe coach boat epidemic and UK Sport funding
In a recent letter, triple Olympic medallist (2 gold, 1 silver) Rodney Pattisson commented on the rise of the coach boat epidemic and the effect of UK sport funding on dinghy sailing… For the rest of...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup – Oracle Team USA on the significance of a botched tack
In this video from Oracle Team USA, the team traces the history of the foiling tack and claim that a missed foiling tack could be the difference between winning an America’s Cup race – same as a missed...
View ArticleRolex Sydney Hobart Race- CQS Interview with Ludde Ingvall – VIDEO
The CQS team arrived in Hobart yesterday, crossing the line in rain and very little wind. Skipper Ludde Ingvall and cousin Sir Michael Hintze was upbeat about their race despite the yacht losing the...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup accelerating into 2017
2017 is the year of the 35th America’s Cup. The oldest trophy in international sport and a competition that will see six teams fighting it out on Bermuda’s Great Sound for the ultimate prize in...
View ArticleVolvo Ocean Race – Dongfeng Racing take delivery of their VO65
After an outstanding result in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, Dongfeng Racing now turn to the 2017/18 Volvo Ocean Race which gets underway in ten months time. Just before Christmas the team took delivery of...
View ArticleRolex Sydney Hobart Race- Tattersalls Cup Presented to Giacomo
At 2pm this afternoon the Commodore of the CYCA John Markos presented the Tattersall’s Cup to Jim Delegat, skipper and owner of the Volvo 70 Giaocomo, here in Hobart. Delegat, for whom this was the...
View ArticleRolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – Everyone has a story to tell
The trickle of boats finishing the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has now turned into a downpour of yachts with the re-appearance of wind in the Derwent River after a 24 hour halt. For the rest of the...
View ArticleRolex Sydney Hobart Race – 67 out of 70
It’s a pretty awesome score in anybody’s language. When it is the number of hours you spend under kite in the 72nd Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race so far, then it is more than A+++. Anto Sweetapple from...
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